What is the advantage of using Mac over PC in 2017?

You can show everyone what a retard you are for buying a mac.

minimalism.

>>58832513
You can show off how much you spent on a machine. It's like buying a really expensive watch.

I bought a macbook pro 2016. I am filled with so much regret. It cost 2000 maplebucks. I'm returning it tommorow and I'm going to build a nice PC instead for 500 dollars less and much more power. I thought about getting an imac but when I compare what you get with building my own it's no contest. The only good thing about the imac is the 5k display.

not much for the average consumer. just comes down to which OS you prefer.

>>58832557
thats a buzzword for poor

>>58832513
nothing, you'll stay a normie and that's about it

>>58832614
2000 entry fee for macOS is retarded. You can get so much better hardware for less if you use Linux instead. It's a superior unix experience for less with much more customizability. You can customize the hardware and the software... macOS is designed to be non-customizable.

>>58832513
Develop on iOS.

Believe you are race master of computer.
Believe you are rich,important,creative,productive, like Steve Jobs.
Gets on the cult of Apple.

>>58832513
I want to cum inside her while I roleplay as Alex Jones.

>>58832594

I own a 27" iMac, and I feel the opposite way. If I had it to do all over again, I wouldn't have any stationary general-purpose computers. My servers and Windows game console handle all that shit. I'd much rather have a better laptop.

>>58832513

Apple doesn't watch you fap. MS does.

Apple doesn't spam you with ads integrated into your OS.

Apple doesn't have to do updates 8 times a day

OS X, best AIOs

>What is the advantage of using an Apple-manufactured PC running Mac OS X over a PC in 2017
Your question makes zero sense, OP.

>>58832513
2nd day of work here, they forced me to use a Mac.
/g/, sell me on it. Why would I need to code in OSX?

>>58833947
Full fledged autism

>>58833963

The word "PC" is not an acceptable word to refer to "computers that aren't Macs" anymore than the word "Quadrilateral" is acceptable to refer to "4 sided polygons that aren't squares".

>>58834014
Whatever you say, Captain Autismo

>alt rightist conspiracy theorists use Mac's
Fuck, I have to get rid of mine now.

>>58832513
Rendering times.

>>58834035
>restricting yourself from products because someone you don't like uses them
Even dumber than blind hatred

MacOS is a hell of a lot more nice to use on laptops than Windows, only problem is that you need to pay out the ass for a Mac. The 2015/2014 MacBook Pros are god tier.

>tfw this retard >>58834067 uses 4chan
I have to go.

>>58834098
Good

You get a machine that throttles and can turn into a housefire any moment, as opposed to getting a proper computer with proper cooling and airflow.

>>58832648
>2000 entry fee for macOS

WTF, you can get a Mac Mini for $499

The iMac has an excellent aspect ratio and resolution, I imagine it's good for coding

>>58834213

Spoken like someone who spends a lot of time reading about Macs on /g/ and not a lot of time actually using Macs.

Not only does my three-year-old MacBook Air run tolerably cool unless I'm driving it to the brink of death like Ben-fucking-Hur, it's also completely silent most of the time. More than I could say for most Windows laptops I see in the wild.

Speaking of 'more than I could say for most Windows laptops', my trusty MBA got 12-16 hours of active use out of the box. 3.5 years later, it still gets 6-8. Pretty fucking good, far as I'm concerned.

>>58834303
Sadly the last iMac to have a 16:10 screen came out in 2009

>>58834314
aw, well i guess mac has two uses now
- to pretend you have money and not working at McD
- rich people trash can

>>58834303
>>58834314

Yeah, like i said way up above, I wouldn't buy the iMac again, if only because I spun all my stationary-computer tasks out into home servers and a windows-based Steam box hooked to my TV. Laptop, all the way, no reservations.

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>>58834313
>Spoken like someone who spends a lot of time reading about Macs on /g/ and not a lot of time actually using Macs.

Nope.
Spoken like someone who works at a place where half the offices have Macs, where macs and traschcans had immense heating problems and many trashcan were afflicted with the AMD graphical chipset failure.
Company switched back to using normal desktops.

>>58834332

Sounds like you had one problem model. Plenty of Dell Optiplex models fucking a'sploded on peoole too.

>>58834340
We don't use Dell.
We use HP, and also customized rigs where they are needed built up by our IT slave.
We are also in the process of switching to running everything via VM's instead of having individual computers and components in every office. Nothing but a monitor with a keyboard and mouse plugged into it from now on.

>>58834365

Virtualized thin clients are a good idea. I'm transitioning my household to them at the moment.

>>58832513
A status symbol.

>>58834365
Found the HP shill

>>58834378

I got my MacBook in 2013 because I foresaw unpredictable finances ahead, and I didn't want to have to buy another laptop for a really long time. Lo and behold, here I am, 3-4 years later, having not sunk one extra dime into this laptop. Maybe in a couple more years, I'll pay $100 for a new battery.

>>58832513
Millie Weaver is best Infowars girl.

>>58832513
fusion of software and hardware
how can free software succeed when there is no free hardware

>>58832648
>Linux instead
>superior unix experience than macos
lmao you can't be serious

>>58834472
free as in fredom?

>>58834472
Free hardware exists, you're just not using it.

>>58832513
MacOS has some advantages, but it depends on who uses it and what for.

>>58834595
no, beer
cost is much more important than open source and other "freedom" stuff

>>58832513
Isn't it a disadvantage nowadays? The meme of macs being media production powerhouses is long gone.
Not that I'd recommend wangblows 10 wholeheartedly but I suppose it is cheaper to buy a wangblows machine that offers far more choice, compatibility and power.

This age of OS' sucks, I'm tired of the constant steps back. Loonix is the only sane option but it has ways to go.

>>58834666
>tfw hackintosh
Best of both worlds.

You need to pick carefully your hardware to get a fukly working Hackintosh though but isn't a big deal.

>>58834666
MacOS has native low latency audio. Whereas on Windows if you want low latency you're forced to buy a 3rd party soundcard.
That's about the only advantage I can think of, but it's a relevant one for some people.

>>58833883
This is very true, but you don't need a Mac to run macOS.

>Mac over PC
Is a Mac not personal, or not a computer?

>>58834845
autism

>>58834697
Yeah in an ideal world, a perfectly functioning triple boot would be great but not really something people consider. I see bootcamps on my course, mainly because engineering uses programs not available for macs, so that's one way around it for those who already had a mac before enrolling.

Personally, I'd rather have full flexibility in building my pc. The limited compatible hardware doesn't sit well with me but that's a personal opinion, and no real damage because I don't explicitly require mac OS.

>>58834708
Huh didn't know that. Well yeah depends on your needs, but I think for the masses who literally just use m$ word and browse facebook there is no advantage, nobody wins here.
Program compatibility (be it engineering or otherwise) and gaems is probably the second largest need and wangblows, fortunately or unfortunately, reigns in that department so it takes the advantage.

Tell the truth, I have no idea why so many insist on powerful hardware, fancy features and super 'premium' build/looks when a super cheap atom machine can do all they want really well. That's a complaint for another thread though. Technically apple proved and capitalised on this stupidity with their core m stuffed machines but yeah.

>>58832513
What is the advantage of being a fag in 2017?

>>58835191
A better question would be what is the advantage of regurgitating stale memes?

>>58834845
It's not personal.

>>58835178
>a super cheap atom machine can do all they want really well

except web browsing (on certain sites). nowadays that's the only normie task which can really benefit from a strong cpu.
now, i'd prefer to euthanize people who make those websites, but oh well...

>>58835216
I wouldn't have said this a year ago but shit, modern ones are true quad cores and can turbo (or 'burst'...no idea why intel named it differently for atoms) decently so it saves them from choking on fatass sites.
It's probably enough to make a normie not notice any difference even for bloated sites now. Mostly. No comment on retarded sites.

>>58835216
>>58835414
Atoms have been decent for years, hell my tablet from 2013 has a quad core one.

There is no advantage, it's a personal preference.
I prefer macOS and i like Apple's industrial design. The only thing i don't like about Apple is that it's overpriced.

>>58834067
He was making a joke about how whenever a celebrity or company speaks out against Trump all his supporters boycott them.

>>58835644
Infowars is pro Trump though

Being gay gets you progressive points in your English class.

Hardware wise: Depends on what you want. You want a really nice display and a decent trackpad? Yep. You want a beefy computer though, you're just not doing yourself a favor.

Software wise: A system that literally just werks on many aspects. There's a few inconveniences like Finder not being too specific with merging files and such, but the OS is rock fucking solid if you don't care just that much about customizing every little part of it. Better than Windows in terms of stability and non-forced updates. Better than Linux in the aspect of software compatibility, unless you play games on which it's kinda worse. That's what bootcamp is for though (or even Parallels, I played some of the latest indie games not available on Mac through that just fine)

>>58835178
I wouldn't say atom machines, but at least you don't need half of what people are using on desktops these days to get things working. We reached the point at which even a 5 year old macbook pro is capable of doing most things you would need a laptop for (I mean shit, 3D modeling and gaming on a laptop? is there such a big market for that?).

>>58832513
* No ads.
* Security.
* Just werks.
* UNIX.
* Xcode.
* Run any OS in VM.
* Develop for any OS.
* Mission control. (Though Snow Leopard's Spaces were even better.)

Some of these apply to Loonix as well. (I'm sorry: GNU + Loonix.)

>>58832513
You get all the pussy and boipucci in strabucks

>>58835851
from your list, the only valid one is Mission Control imo

Nothing. They're overpriced, constantly thermal throttle, have an os with 5 market share and thus 5% of all the useful software, have horrible build design, and not require the use of at least 20 dongles to be used in a professional environment.

To make things worse they are now steadily becoming a symbol of homosexuality.

>>58833955
Swift best programming language and iOS dev is paid more

>>58832513
>Wired Logitech mouse
Absolutely barbaric

>>58835850
>3D modeling and gaming on a laptop? is there such a big market for that?
sh-shut up

>>58832648
>It's a superior unix experience for less with much more customizability.
Most autistic thing I've read all day.

Real talk, the OS is the main reason to buy a Mac. I use Sketch + several other Mac-only apps and a Hackintosh is not viable for business use.
Other than that you have:

- Best trackpad on the market
- Great high resolution screens
- Fantastic build quality
- Higher resale value

>>58837748
Fantastic build quality is going away sadly. Jobs would have never allowed the Macbook keyboard to pass

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>>58837748
>macshit
>build quality

>>58837891
t. Someone who has never used a Mac, let alone owned one.

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>>58832513
Today I was sitting in history class, when my teacher started off on another one of her raging fits about technology. She honestly knows next to nothing about technology, and can barely open power points on her macbook. She thinks she's some computer wizard though. Anyway, the school wifi password was changed yesterday and was issued to all students and staff. However, my teacher doesn't know how to access the wifi menu on her computer. We all got to sit in class for 30 minutes while she called the school IT guy, who had to leave home, while we all insisted that we could help her with this. The guy showed up, took less than 30 seconds to enter the wifi password, and then with a look of fury on his face, glares at my teacher and growls "Will that be all." She squeals out a "yes" and gleams on, glad that her problem has been resolved while completely indifferent to the trouble she has caused in order to have someone type out 20 characters into her computer.
I hope she gets fired.

>>58837891
>t. maymay pro

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>>58837957
>>58837981

>>58832513
Not much. They used to be better build quality etc, but if you spend the same on a Windows laptop I'm sure you get something good nowadays.

Main reasons now are probably:
>develop for iOS
>unix tools for general dev and especially webdev
>that trackpad
>just plain prefer the OS/desktop environment to the alternatives

>>58832513
A more or less decent screen with large DPI.

>>58832648
>superior experience
>still you have to access console to solve things that are solved in a commercial operating system

>>58837998
Epic maymay.

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>>58837891
I agree that their cables are kinda bad.
They make them to look nice but not to be durable.

Other than that i've never had any hardware issue with Mac's or iPhones.

>>58832513
>dumb blond bimbo uses apple products at work
literately who cares?

>>58838248
I had a Macbook Pro and I didn't have any issue with the cables really.
Now I'm in a W520. Probably I'll hackintosh it.

>>58838248
I had to take apart and resolder my sisters mac pro power block cable connection, took 5 mins

>>58838261
You.

>>58838283
Why a Woman needs a Xeon Workstation?

>>58834067
Then you sperg out and swear not to use Firefox and Github ever again because they've been ruined by SJWs.

ATTENTION DUMB FUCKS

THE POINT OF APPLE IS QUALITY NOT SPECS

RAZR OR OTHER GAYMUR RETARD SHIT HAS BETTER SPECS

PLEASE NEVER DISCUSS APPLE AGAIN ITS NOT FOR RETARD GAYMURS

>>58833883
Seriously?

Please read: https://stallman.org/apple.html

>>58838370
>believing the lies of a fat smelling pedo kike

>>58832513
>PC
always hated that
triggers my autismo

a Mac is a PC too
just like a Linux machine

why is a Windows machine considered """""a"""" PC"?

>>58838475
>t. mactoddler

>>58838370
I'm not reading your autism blog, Stallman. Fuck off.

>>58833883
>spam you with ads integrated into your OS.
tb really fucking h this is the dankest meme /g/ ever invented
it's astounding
it's literally THE 10/10 meme of our century

>>58838742
>t. mactoddler

>>58838542
because you can only do personal things on windows xd

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>>58838542
> I can't sympathize much with those app developers, since they are making proprietary software. They all deserve to fail.

>>58838896
?

>>58832513
If you're familiar with Macs you can offer tech support to high class females.

>>58832623
Thats retarded because macs are known for being overpriced.

>>58832554
fpbp

>>58839414
It's Unix with a really usable graphical interface. It's worth it.

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>>58839443
>mactoddlerOS
>not a single line of unix code
>worst filesystem in history
>clusterfuck mach+next frankenkernel with bsd slapped on top
>literally a fucking joke
>applel pays some defunt organization a truckload of cash
>next morning osx is """""""""""""unix"""""""""""

Good joke

>>58832513
Just got a mid 2012 macbook pro, because I need a laptop for going back to school and wanted to use logic (which is only available on osx) for recording some music. It was in my price range and is comparable to the desktop I use, and after spending a month on this and have thrown in an ssd and more ram I haven't even turned on my desktop but a handful of times. For general browsing, and the convenience of iMessage,
I find that its not even worth it to fire up the battlestation. Also I love that my audio recording set up, pardon the expression, "just werks". I have had countless issues with my plugins and my interface on pc but using this macbook pro I haven't had a single issue. Otherwise, there is no reason to pay the apple tax in the 2017 linup. I like that I have a laptop powerful enough for my needs but I dont look like an autist carrying around a thinkpad.

>>58838331
That's great because you get neither

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>>58839746
>logic
Literal trash.

>>58832513
>not being able to upgrade your ram
>not being able to upgrade simple components
>not being able to repair simple components
>Deliberate engineering errors built to destroy the product after a few years

Windows:
>Upgrade your PC when more speed or power is needed.
> did something break? no problem, replace it and go about your business
> too many more to list

>>58832513
If the feds come knockin' they may make an attempt to defend your privacy.

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>>58839787
>t. NSA

>>58838331
Theres no quality in apples chink shit

>>58832513
Loose asshole.

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Why are mac user such homosexuals?

>>58840100
>nov 20, 2005

have you considered that maybe hackers on steroids, one of them known as 4chan, may have created the lulz and manipulated such statistics?

The satisfaction of knowing you made the correct choice

>>58832513
>Mac
>PC
You should fucking kill yourself for posting this on a tech board.

>>58839877

There's an intricacy here that you may be missing. He's talking about data stored on iCloud. iCloud data stored on Apple's servers is subject to their privacy policy and to any applicable warrants.

Data stored locally on your device, however, is *yours*, and Apple has a pretty good track record of defending that.

>>58842181
>t. iToddler

>>58842293

>"You're misunderstanding/misrepresenting the reality of the situation, <facts and clarification>"

>hurr hurr iToddler

KYS.

>>58832559
>>58834378
this, niggers buys chains, watchs and jordans but the rest of retards just buy appel products but at least tyrone can sell the chains and watchs for a good price years later when his debt reach >5000

If macOS is better, then why is Apple trying to alienate all non-hipster users?

>>58842382

That's a pretty dumb argument, considering Apple products have some of the most favorable depreciation curves of any computer.

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>>58834845
>>58835207

>>58837748
>higher resale
>for a fucking laptop
what the fuck is up with the poorfags on here

The only advantage is that you spend more money than you should

>>58842413
>favorable depreciation
>computer
you must be so retard, even cars have better depreciation after a few years, apple products are like a fashion every new model make the prevoius model so devaluated

>>58839711
>Unix descendant
>kernel's based on a kernel, what a clusterfuck xD
>Apple makes sure their OS is fully compliant to the UNIX standard and obtains UNIX certification
>next morning OS X is UNIX, because that's how it fucking works

>>58842696

That is completely untrue. My Apple shit held value really well. I sold an iPad Air 2 for like $350 late last year, after paying about $500 for it two years prior. My Macbook and iMac are still worth roughly $1000 and $1600 respectively, initial purchase price being $1450 and $2600 respectively (low demand and the switch to Retina hurts the iMac's resale value).

Also, I didn't say anything about cars, dingus. I said they depreciate better than basically any computer.

>>58832648
Linux isn't even a unix

>>58832513
Is just a fashion status like buying a really expensive watch

you dont even need a watch anymore this days we have phones

>>58845289

>hurr hurr fashion item

I have literally never been so satisfied with one computer for so long as I have with the Macbook Air. I've had mine for like four years now, and I have zero complaints.

>>58845289
xD

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>>58845390
>t. mactoddler

>>58845423
>hey mom can use your laptop for a minute? I just want to take a photo
You're not fooling anyone.

>>58832513
>Clippy serves you ads now

>>58834418
Fuck off Maggie Howell is.

Mac don't crack

>>58832513
they look pretty